Happy Easter !

I am not that religious but I like symbols,

so the painting I made yesterday is a good symbol

for the upcomming days off.

Happy Easter everyone.

"Nieuw kruis Moscowa." Arnhem, Holland.

(New cross Moscowa.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Fokkelina in Arnhem." Arnhem, Holland.

This weekend there is an historical ships weekend, with all

kind of historical ships and boats and other harbour like stuff

To bad that I am not able to be there but luckily Fokkelina

is, and was already in Arnhem, and gave a nice little view of

whats in store, ...

"Fokkelina in Arnhem." Arnhem, Holland.

(Fokkelina in Arnhem.) Oil on board. (I don't know btw.)

24 x 30 cm.

"Tanker Ship Emma." Arnhem, Holland.

Not really an scene to paint but never the less a nice practice.

"Tankerschip Emma." Arnhem, Holland.

(Tanker Ship Emma.) Oil on panel.

18 x 24 cm.

"Sleeping beauties." Velp, Holland.

It rained the whole day, there goes the spring feeling, I thought.

But I didn't want to give in so went to my favorite garden-centre

"Overhagen" only to discover that the little flowers where still a sleep.

I painted these little beauties while they are still awaiting spring.

"Slapende schoonheden." Velp, Holland.

(Sleeping beuaties.) Oil on panel.

18 x 24 cm.

"Oerkracht." Sonsbeek, Arnhem.

Maybe the last beautiful spring day this week,

clouds already appearing, and a sense of thunder is

almost there. Anyway a great days painting in Arnhem.

"Oerkracht." Sonsbeek, Arnhem. Holland.

(Raw power.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

What a tree!

Painting with Johan Reinboud II. Oosterbeek, Holland.

It becomes quite a tradition, Thursday painting day with Johan.

I like it, he's a good painter, and we don't chat that much during our sessions.

He looks in somewhat other way to the landscape as I do, more into the

future so to speak. assessing the light and the object how they will be over

a couple of hours, ... and he's much more a colourist then me. In more

then one way it's a nice afternoon painting with him.

"Zij-klingenbeekseweg." Oostebeek, Holland.

(Zij-klingenbeekseweg.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

And of course his effort:

"Spoorbrug Nijmegen." Oosterbeek, Holland

(Train-bridge Nijmegen.) Oil on canvas.

25 x 30 cm.

Johan is full action:

Thanks Johan, a nice afternoon indeed.

Springs here!

Finaly spring has arived in Holland, ...

"Spoorbrug Oosterbeek." Oosterbeek, Holland.

(Trainbridge Oosterbeek.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"De Waterpoort." Zaltbommel, Holland.

Tweaked it a little, ... the text on the sign for example.

Those details are just to time consuming in the field.

"De Waterpoort." Zaltbommel, Holland.

(The Watergate.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Langs De Grote of De Sint-Maartenskerk." Zaltbommel, Holland.

Bit too tired to post a lot, so just one of the paintings of today.

Made three, but I think only one more is tweak-able.

"Langs de Grote of De Sint-Maartenskerk." Zaltbommel, Holland.

(Along The Big or The Saint-Maartenschurch.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

The first one of yesterday. Arnhem, Holland.

As you probably noticed the painting

yesterday was made quite late at the day, so I guessed you

thought I did make an other one, ... I DID !!

Just a few yards away where the first one was made only facing the

other direction, lays all kinds of living barges and ships.

One of them is "The Compaen." you can rent it to stay on it

and visit Arnhem, ...

"De Compaen." Arnhem, Holland.

(The Compaen.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

They even have a website :

De Compaen.

(I do beginning to sound like an tourist agency don't I ?)

Painting with Johan Reinboud. Arnhem, Holland.

Painted today with Johan Reinboud, a great painter here in Arnhem

and a colorist pour San. It's great to see him work very loose and relaxed

yet using a bunch of colors that would make me shiver. He showed me

what him drives, sunsets for example is one of his favorite, ... and how right

he is!

"Daar gaat de Zon." Arnhem, Holland.

(There goes the Sun.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

And of course his work, ...

Johan Reinboud.

You can visit his website as well, although not so

very active a visit more then worth.

Johan Reinboud

Johan thanks for the lovely afternoon! 

Back at Vliehout. Arnhem, Holland.

This was a hard one, ... I didn't get the front boat right.

Fiddled around and in the end decided to not paint it at all.

I guess it serves the atmosphere better this way.

Practice, practice, practice!

"Vliehout II."Arnhem, Holland.

(Vliehout II.) Oil on board.

24 x 30 cm.

"Sonsbeeksingel 60" Arnhem, Holland.

Sonsbeeksingel 60, that's the address of a nice colleague

Johand Reinboud , he gives painting lessons every Thursdays and Fridays,

and it's always nice to visit his gallery/studio during his classes.

"Sonsbeeksingel 60." Arnhem, Holland.

(Sonsbeeksingel 60) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

A days painting in Utrecht. Holland.

Spring is getting stronger and stronger, I even got a light sunburn!

What a great city Utrecht is, they even have a historical harbour

now a days, what a treat!

"Museumhaven Utrecht." Utrecht, Holland.

(Historic harbour Utrecht.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Jantje." Utrecht, Holland.

(Jantje.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Orloff." Utrecht, Holland.

(Orloff.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

A great day in Holland.

What a gorgeous spring day today, ... and then to remember that it was

complete white yesterday, ...

Anyway I biked around a lot, and made three paintings, so here we go:

The first one is quite early made, a little haze is still visible.

"Langs de Waaldijk." Bemmel, Holland.

(Along the Waaldike.) Oil on panel.

254 x 30 cm.

The second one I was struck by the haze you see against the sunlight,

together with the grayish wall of the Waaldike in Nijmegen it gave a

gorgeous view of this ship called the "Fokkelina"

They even have a site:

Schipperij DerBij

"Fokkelina." Nijmegen, Holland.

(Fokkelina.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30

And the last one of today,  a lock. 

This one was quite a struggle each time when a

heavy lorry or bus passed the bridge where I painted on

the whole bridge jumped up and down for a few moments, ... 

 

"Sluis te Weurt." Nijmegen, Holland.

(Lock at Weurt.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Tomorrow model drawing, ... yahoo!!

"Brouwersgracht." Amsterdam, Holland.

One from Amsterdam, ...

"Brouwersgracht." Amsterdam, Holland.

(Brouwersgracht.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Amsterdam centraal." Amsterdam, Holland.

A great day painting in Amsterdam,

with sun and a bit of a chill wind.

"Amsterdam centraal II." Amsterdam, Holland.

(Amsterdam central II.) Oil on panel.

18 x 24 cm.

"Amsterdam centraal I." Amsterdam, Holland.

(Amsterdam central I.) Oil on panel.

18 x 24 cm.

High-tide! Arnhem, Holland.

High-tide, with sun and clouds and spring in the air.

What a live!

"Rijnkade Hoog." Arnhem, Holland.

(Rhine-stage High.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Hoogwater!" Arnhem, Holland.

(High-tide!) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Scheepsrestauratie." Arnhem, Holland.

Two little painting today of a ships restoration project.
A large so called Koftjalk.

Spring is in the air btw.

"Kleine schuit." Arnhem, Holland.

(Little barge.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Scheepsrestauratie." Arnhem, Holland.

(Shipsrestoration.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.